Antiques Roadshow secrets exposed: Planted items and unexpected million-pound finds

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The host of the BBC show, Richard Osman has recently uncovered some intriguing behind-the-scenes facts about Antiques Roadshow, hinting that some headline-grabbing items featured on the programme aren't quite stumbled upon by chance.

Osman disclosed that while producers may not know the precise value upfront, they do conduct prior research into certain expensive objects that appear on the show, reports the Express.

Speaking on his podcast The Rest is Entertainment, he shared: "Do people get invited along? Occasionally that does happen. Some of the biggest ever finds on Antiques Roadshow have been ones that they sort of knew were going to happen."Gateshead Council had the six foot version of the Angel of the North, and when they were up there a guy obviously didn't just turn up with this six foot Angel of the North and bring it along."He added: "There would have been chats with the production, saying 'We've got this Angel of the North, it's never been valued'.

That was worth over £1million, which was more than they paid for the actual whole Angel of the North in the first place."There was an Army regiment who had a Faberge flower which they knew was very valuable.